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Identity
Person No.
16646
Service No.
7033
Last Name
Miller 63
First Name
Gershon (gerson)
Initials
G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1917 (±1 yr) 539
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
02 October 1943 109
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died as POW 169
Died whilst a POW
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
2nd Bn. 451
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Germany 200
Locality
Berlin, Berlin 53
Cemetery
BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY 53
Grave Reference
10. Z. 15. 1
Memorial
Roll of Honour of the Royal Durban Light Infantry, 1939-1945 (panel 2 of 2) Source: kznpr.co.za (KZN: A Photographic Historical Record)
Names on WWII Roll of Honour
Memorial
Durban Light Infantry Chapel (Chapel of St Michael & St George)
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
5 DLI Avenue, Durban, South Africa
Coordinates
-29.84722, 31.01583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
WWII Roll of Honour
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of Freda (nee Ichlove) and Solomon Milowitz, of Johannesburg. Husband of Mrs. Freda Miller, of Orange Grove, Johannesburg. ***Jewish

Research notes


K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): MILLER, Gershon (Gerson) / George (Son of Solomon Milowitz, of JHB; mother Freda (nee Ichlove) Miller deceased 1920; husband of Mrs. Freda Miller, of Orange Grove, JHB.) 7033 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born 29/4/1917; served with the 2nd Battalion RDLI in North Africa; POW at Tobruk, Libya; evacuated to Italy & then Germany; died whilst a POW in Germany. Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 02/10/1943 L2MZ-LJM 26

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